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Eumetabolodon bathycephalus

Reptilia - Procolophonidae

Taxonomy
Eumetabolodon bathycephalus was named by Li (1983). Its type specimen is IVPP V6064, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zhuengeerqi (upper He-Shang-Gou Formation), which is in an Olenekian/Anisian terrestrial sandstone in the Heshanggou Formation of China. It is the type species of Eumetabolodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Eumetabolodon bathycephalus Li p. 567 figs. 2, 17-32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
superfamilyProcolophonoidea
familyProcolophonidae
genusEumetabolodon
speciesbathycephalus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
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